How would you handle the durability of Pokemon vs. contemporary military weapons in your fics, from normal M-16s to anti-tank missiles to gigantic bombs?
But against the most deadly weapon of them all - Chuck Norris' roundhouse kicks - no Pokemon is immune.
Ya, but Chuck Norris doesn't exist in Pokemon. xD
Also take into account that the whole premise of Pokemon training is kind of like dog or rooster fighting, and you've got a seriously messed-up world. Could you imagine if real ten year olds were trusted with animals that are more powerful than military weapons and are used for beating on each other until they pass out? Animal-rights activists, gun control freaks, and family values advocates alike would be protesting non-stop.Then no need to remind you guys what he did then. I'm pretty sure that a well-trained electrode explosion/self destruct is just as capable as a C4 while voltorbs = grenades. Pin needle or similar attacks can probably measure up to assault rifles, and let's be cautious of horn drill or fissure....Solar beam, hyper beam, flamethrower,....man, they must have had some pretty badass wars, if not totally brutal. I'm pretty sure things were this way, only the corperation and all that whatnotness dumbed it down for kids.
Let's not forget Wobbuffet. And Shedinja. I would totally have a Shedinja if I was fighting the military.
I think for the most part you have to remember what Pokemon are often bred and trained for, not too mention what they may go through in the wild. Take Scyther (I forget which episode it was) when it wouldn't stop fighting, and endured all that pain, to get its honor back with the pack if I remember correctly. A Pokemon like that, or trained harder then that, may be able to endure a few shots from some of our modern weapons, even to the point where humans may think that the only way to stop them dead in their tracks is a head- or heart-shot. Granted, that's only concerning the Pokemon with flesh. The one's without may be much much harder, especially one's like Bastiodon or Shieldon, who have protective armor on their heads.
Would a nuclear bomb kill Arceus?